FAQ

You can lookup for file abbreviations on Documents Naming Conventions.

PCB document is available on our wiki pages and download area.

The maximum power consumption of a module manly depends on the design which is running on the FPGA.

Xilinx provide a power estimator excel sheets to calculate power consumption. It's also possible to generate power consumption of the developed design with Vivado.

Please also observe the TRM of the Trenz Electronic module and the power management of our corresponding carrier boards.

Module pinout files can be generated with our Master Excel Pinout Sheet. You can also use the schematic on our download area.

Trenz Electronic Modules are listed on our  shop page grouped by FPGA-Family

See Xilinx Answer Record: AR# 43989

Reference Designs will be delivered as scripted project file. Vivado Project files will be generated with these Scripts.

For Win OS see: Project Delivery QuickStart

For Linux OS see (option 2): Board Part Installation

Trenz Electronic Board Part Files will be delivered with the reference designs on our download area.They ca be installed in different ways.

See: Board Part Installation, Vivado Board Part Flow

Xilinx Documentation is available on Xilinx Hompage. Some helpful documents are listed on Vivado/SDK/SDSoC.

Board Part files are included in our Reference Designs. They are available on our download area. You can lookup for installation instructions on: Board Part Installation

 We provide PetaLinux template projects instead of BSPs for our modules. This template are included in our reference design in the subfolder (os/petalinux).

They are available on our download area. You can lookup for instructions on: PetaLinux KICKstart

 Xilinx provide a list with supported functionality and devices on: https://www.xilinx.com/products/design-tools/vivado/vivado-webpack.html

1. Activate ES License with Xilinx License Manager
2. Enable Beta Devices for Vivado
   1. open existing init.tcl (create new one if not exist) in one of this locations:
      
      1. C:/Xilinx/Vivado/<version>/scripts/
         or
      2. C:/Users/<user>/AppData/Roaming/Xilinx/Vivado/
   2. Add line:  enable_beta_device *

Now Vivado check all Beta Devices, but only Devices with valid license are visible. With Beta Device enable, Vivado need longer startup. Select special beta device is supported too.  See Xilinx Forum: Synthesis Failure for ZCU102